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Assessing students' ability to solve introductory physics problems using integrals in symbolic and graphical representations
Integration is widely used in physics in electricity and magnetism (E&M), as well as in mechanics, to calculate physical quantities from other non-constant quantities. We designed a survey to assess students' ability to apply integration to physics problems in introductory physics. Each student was given a set of eight problems, and each set of problems had two different versions; one consisted of symbolic problems and the other graphical problems. The purpose of this study was to investigate students' strategies for solving physics problems that use integrals in first and second-semester calculus-based physics. Our results indicate that most students had difficulty even recognizing that an integral is needed to solve the problem.
Physics Education Research Conference 2011
Part of the PER Conference series Omaha, Nebraska: August 3-4, 2011 Volume 1413, Pages 227-230
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11852">Khan, N, D. Hu, D. Nguyen, and N. Rebello. "Assessing students' ability to solve introductory physics problems using integrals in symbolic and graphical representations." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3-4, 2011.</a>
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N. Khan, D. Hu, D. Nguyen, and N. Rebello, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11852&DocID=2703).
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N. Khan, D. Hu, D. Nguyen, and N. Rebello, Assessing students' ability to solve introductory physics problems using integrals in symbolic and graphical representations, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, 2011, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11852&DocID=2703>.
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Khan, N., Hu, D., Nguyen, D., & Rebello, N. (2011, August 3-4). Assessing students' ability to solve introductory physics problems using integrals in symbolic and graphical representations. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska. Retrieved October 7, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11852&DocID=2703
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Khan, N, D. Hu, D. Nguyen, and N. Rebello. "Assessing students' ability to solve introductory physics problems using integrals in symbolic and graphical representations." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2011, Omaha, Nebraska, August 3-4, 2011. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11852&DocID=2703 (accessed 7 October 2024).
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Khan, Neelam, Dehui Hu, Dong-Hai Nguyen, and N. Sanjay Rebello. "Assessing students' ability to solve introductory physics problems using integrals in symbolic and graphical representations." Physics Education Research Conference 2011. Omaha, Nebraska: 2011. 227-230 Vol. 1413 of PER Conference. 7 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11852&DocID=2703>.
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@inproceedings{
Author = "Neelam Khan and Dehui Hu and Dong-Hai Nguyen and N. Sanjay Rebello",
Title = {Assessing students' ability to solve introductory physics problems using integrals in symbolic and graphical representations},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2011},
Pages = {227-230},
Address = {Omaha, Nebraska},
Series = {PER Conference},
Volume = {1413},
Month = {August 3-4},
Year = {2011}
}
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%0 Conference Proceedings %A Khan, Neelam %A Hu, Dehui %A Nguyen, Dong-Hai %A Rebello, N. Sanjay %D August 3-4 2011 %T Assessing students' ability to solve introductory physics problems using integrals in symbolic and graphical representations %B Physics Education Research Conference 2011 %C Omaha, Nebraska %V 1413 %P 227-230 %S PER Conference %8 August 3-4 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11852&DocID=2703 Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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